An uncontrollable Response
Last night my new partner was playing with my hair. My hair was tied up tight in a pony tail. He went to run his fingers through my hair. I flinched. I reacted in a way I never thought I would. For a second it felt like my heart stopped.
I got really annoyed at myself and went quiet. I don’t think he noticed me flinching as we were watching tv but I noticed it. I knew I had done it and I got really frustrated.
Frustrated at the fact that my husband (soon to be ex-husband) has caused me to respond in this way. Frustrated that I thought I had moved on from that part of my life.
Once I calmed down and was thinking things through properly I know rationally that I’m not going to go through that again and my new partner would never lay a finger on me. I completely trust him with my life so I just have to realise that after something traumatic or something that shaped your life so much, you have to realistically accept that your body/mind will respond to certain situations unconsciously.
He played with my hair later on in the evening and I was completely fine. I just laid and enjoyed it. After all it is very relaxing and calming.